PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Greg Stangard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stephen Lumsdon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Lumsdon's choice of entrance music: ACDC - Back In Black. Lumsdon has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Stephen Lumsdon has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Greg Stangard's chin.

Stangard
vs
Lumsdon

194 cm
25
270 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
242 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Hellbent, Inc.™
Hellbent, Inc.™

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Greg Stangard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Stephen Lumsdon!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Bruno Hogan and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Stangard closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Lumsdon looks gassed!
Stangard scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Stangard has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Stangard slips a nice elbow through Lumsdon's hands, connecting with Lumsdon's forehead.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Stangard lands a nice short elbow.
Stangard landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Stangard decides to return to a standing position.

Stangard shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Lumsdon's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stangard with a nice head shot there.
Lumsdon can't keep his opponent in guard - Stangard advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Stangard takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Lumsdon is in trouble now - Stangard has advanced to mount!
Lumsdon in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Stangard in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stangard raining down shots from the mount!
Stangard lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Stangard lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Lumsdon hang on?
Stangard dominating with strikes here.
Stangard controlling from the full mount.
Stangard postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Lumsdon looks a forlorn figure.
Stangard landing strikes from the mount and Lumsdon is in trouble!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stangard lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Stangard working Lumsdon over with strikes here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stangard with good strikes from the mount here!
Stangard lands a nice shot to the head.

Stangard is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Lumsdon is forced to tap! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Greg Stangard!